New Zealand’s Joelle King has claimed a career-high ranking of World
No.3 after the PSA Women’s World Rankings for February were released
today (February 1).

Cambridge-based King, 30, has been in superb form this season after
claiming her first ever PSA Platinum title, the Hong Kong Open in
November. She followed that up with a semi-final finish at the J.P.
Morgan Tournament of Champions last month in New York to move ahead of
Egypt’s Nour El Tayeb.

Reigning World Champion Raneem El Welily stays at No.1 ahead of her
World Championship title defence this month, while Tournament of
Champions winner Nour El Sherbini remains at No.2. France’s Camille
Serme completes the top five.

United States No.1 Amanda Sobhy returns to the top 10. The 25-year-old
was ranked as high as No.6 in the world before an achilles injury
sustained in March 2017, and she will now celebrate her highest ranking
since September of that year.

As a result, Wales’ Tesni Evans drops out of the top 10 and is followed
by Hong Kong’s Annie Au (No.12), Egypt’s Salma Hany (No.13), India’s
Joshna Chinappa (No.14) and England’s Victoria Lust (No.15).

Hong Kong’s Joey Chan moves up a spot to No.16, ahead of Egypt’s Yathreb
Adel, Hania El Hammamy (No.18) Olivia Blatchford Clyne (No.19) and Emily
Whitlock, who returns to the top 20 after three months outside.

Meanwhile, Malaysia’s eight-time World Champion Nicol David has dropped
eight places to No.21, marking the first time since November 2003 that
she hasn’t featured inside the top 20.